German researchers unveil a sustainable sodium-ion battery using lignin. Learn how this wood-derived breakthrough offers a ...

Sodium-ion batteries are considered ideal candidates for large-scale energy storage systems due to the abundance of sodium resources, low costs, and high safety. Layered transition metal oxides serve ...

Given the limited supply and high price of battery-grade lithium and other advanced battery materials, alternative battery chemistries are being researched. Some avenues, such as sodium-ion batteries, ...

Researchers at Princeton have developed an extraction technique that slashes the amount of land and time needed for the production of lithium, a vital component of the batteries at the heart of ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Lithium-ion batteries, with their high energy density and long lifetimes, have dominated the rechargeable battery market for decades. However, lithium's scarcity and rising cost ...